Corporis humani disquisitio anatomica

Author: Highmore, Nathaniel

Publisher: Broun, Samuel

Published: Den Haag

Publishing year: 1651

Highmore, Nathaniel. Anatomy, blood circulation "Corporis humani disquisitio anatomica; in qua sanguinis circulationem in quavis corporis particula plurimis typis novis, ac Aenygmatum medicorum succinta dilucidatione ornatam prosequutus est". The Hague: S. Broun, 1651. First edition. Larger 4to. (12), 262, (8) pp. with 20 copperplates (18 numbered I-XVIII, 8 of them full-page, 2 smaller unnumbered; Plate XII, before page 133, as a supplement - not part of the pagination). Orig. parchment binding from the time with title on the spine.

Rare first edition of the first English anatomy to accept William Harvey's (1578 in Folkestone - 1657 in Roehampton; English physician known for his elucidation of blood circulation in the human bodytheory of blood circulation). - Binding slightly soiled, cloth buckles as well as additional engraved title missing. Old signatures of a private library and a handwritten ex-libris "N. Franchimont" (Nicolas Franchimont von Frankenfeld, 1611 in Liège - 1684 in Prague, was a Walloon doctor, university lecturer and writer who was active in the Bohemian countries) on the title page.

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Tags: Nathaniel Highmore, Corporis humani disquisitio anatomica, Den Haag, The Hague, Broun, 1651, Anatomy, medicine, surgery, blood circulation, copperplates